21 Air Flight Pilots Disagreed During Poor Approach That Led To Overrun

21 Air CVR

Flight data recorder from 21 Air LLC Flight 7598 that overran the end of Runway 30 at Miami International Airport (MIA) in the NTSB vehicle recorder laboratory.

Credit: NTSB
The 21 Air Boeing 767-300 freighter overrun Sept. 6 was preceded by an unstable approach and disagreement between the two pilots over the aircraft’s energy state as it descended, a summary of their conversation just prior to the accident and released by the NTSB shows. The cockpit voice recorder...
Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

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